Slashdot reader Charlotte Web quotes SiliconValley.com: Bay Area ride-hailing giant Lyft is accused in a series of new lawsuits of failing to protect female passengers from rape by drivers. One plaintiff claims she was 15 when her driver raped her and then forced her to take an anti-pregnancy pill. The December legal actions are part of a “mass tort” lawsuit initiated…
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Uber’s New Strategy: Buy Unprofitable Companies, ???, Profit
Uber’s new strategy is just like its old one. Make its money-losing business bigger by buying other money-losing businesses like Postmates. From a report: After Uber’s merger talks with food-delivery company Grubhub fell apart, Uber has now set its sights on Postmates, according to the New York Times. Uber Eats, the ride-hailing company’s food-delivery unit, is just as unprofitable as the…
How Uber and Lyft Drivers Handle the Risk of Coronavirus Infections
“Thousands of full-time rideshare drivers are still out on the streets trying to carve out a living,” notes The Hustle, interviewing more than 50 full-time rideshare drivers facing a difficult choice: “Stay home and sacrifice a livelihood, or keep driving in a depressed market and risk contracting the virus.”
As independent contractors, rideshare drivers don’t receive sick leave, unemployment insurance, or the…
Uber and Lyft Drivers Weigh Risk of Safety Against Paycheck
Many Lyft and Uber drivers have seen a bump in business from the spreading coronavirus, but they’re also weighing the risks of staying safe versus continuing to earn a paycheck. From a report: A study published Friday shows that more than half of ride-hailing drivers said they were now “very concerned” about reduced earnings as a result of the virus and…
Los Angeles Is Considering Make Uber and Lyft Go All-Electric
“The Financial Times is reporting that Los Angeles may now force Uber and Lyft to use electric cars,” reports Electrek: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said, “We have the power to regulate car share. We can mandate and are looking closely at mandating that any of those vehicles in the future be electric….” Mayor Garcetti’s concept to require rideshare services to…
Judge Strikes Down NYC Law Limiting Uber, Lyft Driver Cruising Time
A New York judge ruled on Monday that a state law designed to control how much time ride-hailing drivers can spend looking for passengers was “arbitrary and capricious.” Engadget reports: Had the law gone into effect, it would have limited the amount of time Uber and Lyft drivers could spend searching for passengers in Manhattan south of 96th Street to 31…
Uber Loses $1.4 Billion in Value After Acknowledging Thousands of Sexual Assaults
“Uber’s stock market value fell by $1.4 billion Friday, on the heels of the company’s release of a safety report revealing that 3,000 incidents of sexual assaults took place during its U.S. rides in 2018,” reports the Bay Area News Group: On Thursday evening, Uber released its long-awaited safety study, which revealed that the company received 3,045 reports of sexual assaults…